When Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t busy running the Hayden Planetarium and, you know, tackling the big questions about our galaxy, he makes some time to give out clear and compelling child-rearing advice. Here’s his brilliant answer to a question he often gets asked, “How do I get my kid interested in science?”

“Get out of their way. Kids are born curious.”

“We spend the first year of their life teaching them to walk and talk and the rest of their life telling them to shut up and sit down.”